Faizel Patel – 11/03/2021
Radio Islam’s Asia Pacific correspondent Kiru Naidoo says it is unlikely the Myanmar military has been perturbed by the latest wave of nationwide protests.
Amnesty International says the Myanmar military is using lethal tactics and an arsenal of battlefield weapons to carry out a “killing spree” against peaceful protesters who oppose the February 1 coup after analysing video and photographic evidence from the past few weeks of mass protests.
Amnesty says the cache of 55 video clips offer visual proof of the “systematic and premeditated killings” calling on the UN Security Council and the international community to take action to halt the violence.
Naidoo says the protests have not fazed the Myanmar Military.
“The military authorities who usurped power there seem not to be too concerned that they might be risking breaking up the country like these attacks in the northern Shan region right now.
Naidoo says while the Military is cementing it’s power and grip on the country, it may be challenged by the Burmese people.
“The moves that are coming from various bodies like the United Nations may make a slight dent. But the real power brokers in all of this are the Burmese people themselves who as they demonstrated in 1962, in 1974 and in 1988 that they are very much capable for challenging the military head-on.”
Naidoo also shared news updates about the Chinese government breaching every single article of the UN genocide convention in its treatment of the Uighurs in Xinxiang and three prominent Thai pro-democracy figures have been denied bail in a Bangkok court after being charged with insulting the monarchy.
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